Nart Bouran, CEO of SNA (extreme right) in Cairo announces a series of initiatives to celebrate the network's fifth anniversary.Sky News Arabia (SNA) has planned a...
Grinta app on Android.Zee Entertainments newly founded digital team in Dubai, under the leadership of Nadine Samra, has launched a fantasy football app aimed at football...
The Boy and the Sea.The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has opened submissions for the Muhr Awards as part of its 14th edition to be held from 6th...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission is set to welcome another big Bollowood production, Tiger Zinda Hai. The Yash Raj Films production will have its longest shoot in the Emirate, and will...
Dance FM RJs.The newly launched UAE radio station Dance FM claims to have had a 40% increase in daily listeners. The radio station also claimed that it...
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix.Netflix will introduce original content in China following a licensing deal with local video streaming service iQiyi.com.The SVOD operator has struggled to break into the Chinese...
NewTek has appointed 3D Storm as an authorised distributor in 26 countries in Africa. 3D Storm will represent NewTek in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic...
WWE Wal3ooha co-host, Moein Al Bastaki; Chief Brand Officer, WWE, Stephanie McMahon; WWE Superstar, Sami Zayn; WWE Wal3ooha co-host, Nathalie Mamo; and OSN CEO, Martin Stewart.OSN...
Turner has selected TiVo as its EMEA metadata distribution partner. Turner will utilise services from TiVos new studio, broadcast and network metadata packages to manage the companys electronic programme guide (EPG) metadata...
The preliminary registered attendance for NAB Show this year was 103,443. The exhibition featured 1,806 companies spanning 1,091,792 net square feet of exhibit space."Once again, NAB Show is the premier destination...
Mark Britt.iflix is launching its service in eight territories across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Consumers in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon,...
MBC has launched a new premium general entertainment channel named MBC + eLife, exclusively for eLife customers. The channel is focused on the most popular Arabic TV series and shows from...
Ron Downey, CEO, Massive.At NAB, Massive Interactive has announced the launch of a major update to Massive AXIS, its video merchandising platform, offering operators the ability...
Dubai-based production house, Behind the Scenes, hosted a workshop detailing the audio aspects of cinematography with the support of Sennheiser Middle East. The free-to-attend five-day event received the patronage of...
OSN subscribers can watch all six seasons of Game of Thrones back-to-back on OSN First HD from starting this month from Wednesday to Sunday at 11:00pm KSA.Based on George R....
Encompass Digital Media is expanding its presence on MEASATs 91.5°E video neighbourhood.Eight more channels are now available from 91.5°E: HITS HD, KIX360 SD, Zee Sine SD, beIN Asia Pacifics Indonesia feeds...
A member of the Committee for Television and Radio of the Republic of Tajikistan (l) with Sami Boustany of Yahlive.Yahlive has signed a long-term agreement with...
Al Jazeera Media Network and Google have announced a global partnership to work towards a more sustainable news ecosystem by promoting digital journalism.The partnership focuses on several key areas such...
Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat.Arabsat will be sponsoring and participating in the 18th edition of Arab Radio and Television Festival to be held in Tunisia from May 25-28, 2017...
Jonathan Huberman.Ooyala, the online video publisher owned by Telstra, has appointed Jonathan Huberman as CEO.Former CEO Ramesh Srinivasan left Ooyala last November, with Issac Vaughn, Ooyalas SVP,...
Discovery Channel unveiled its programming slate for 2017-2018, featuring a line-up of unscripted shows and scripted series.New shows coming up this year include Coopers Treasure, which depicts the ultimate real-life adventure,...
Koreas premier professional soccer league K LEAGUE has purchased three Xeebra systems, to improve in-game officiating decisions. It is the first football association in Asia to adopt a VAR (video assistant...
Verizon Digital Media Services has inked a new agreement with Newsy that makes select Newsy video content available for Verizon Digital Media Services Uplynk Video Streaming service customers. Publishers seeking content...
IBC has announced the launch of IBC365 at www.ibc.org, a new online community platform and weekly e-bulletin that will share IBCs business knowledge and insight through fresh and original content, throughout...
Hong Kong broadcaster Dim Sum TV is using Amagi's CLOUDPORT cloud-based channel playout platform to deliver its Cantonese satellite TV entertainment channel to audiences in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia....
Dubai-based English language channel City 7 TV, which has been operational since 2004, has finally succumbed to the pressures of the economic downturn and stopped broadcasting on April 20 at midnight,...
Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix.Netflix posted first-quarter earnings with revenue that was in line with analysts' estimates but the company has grown slower than it expected. It reported...
Hiroki Soejima, MD, Panasonic Marketing MEA.Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa has appointed Hiroki (Harris) Soejima as Managing Director.Having spent almost eight years managing the operations...
Ammar Baranbo.Yahlive has announced that North Telecom will be broadcasting PMC Music exclusively via Yahlive over Yahsat Al Yah1 satellite. The free-to-air music channel, which targets...
In line with the Dubai Disability Strategy 2020, Sennheiser will be offering its personal assistive hearing and translation tool, CinemaConnect, at DIFF365. DIFF365 is a brand new initiative from VOX...
Mohamed Yehya.IP Studios, a new multi-channel production house from Abu Dhabi, was launched at the recently concluded MIPTV in Cannes. With offices in Abu Dhabi and...
EditShare has announced its purchase of Spanish QC company Quales. The final details of the deal will be announced during NAB 2017.We are really excited about bringing the Quales team...
From left: Humaid Sahoo Al Suwaidi, E-Visions CEO with Sam Barnett, CEO of MBC Group.E-Vision and MBC Group have signed a strategic partnership deal to distribute MBC channels...
Kaveh Farnam, CEO of Advanced Media at the Festival of Iranian Films in Prague.The official selection for Cannes Film Festivals 70th annual edition boasts a film...
Jamal Al Sharif.The Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) has launched the first of many initiatives that its planning to run throughout the year as part...
As the exclusive commercial and television rights holder for the FIM MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix, Dorna will utilise SHOTOVER camera system to support live TV coverage of MotoGP worldwide, following a...
Mobile TV Groups 39 FLEX 4K mobile unit will now benefit from the flexibility of three newly installed XT4K live production servers.This integration means that Mobile TV Group is now not...
Noura Al Kaabi.Abu Dhabi Media has announced a restructuring of its board of directors, according to a Gulf News report.Her Excellency Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi,...
A delegation from Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) and twofour54 attended the AFCI Locations Show and Global Production & Finance Conference in Los Angeles to showcase Abu Dhabi as a filming destination.Manager...
Daniel Johansson, EVP Global Sales & Marketing, Conax.Dubai-based My-HD has extended its collaboration with Conax to deploy a new cloud platform Contego-as-a-Service for content protection. This is...
An analysis released by IHS Markit shows that the pay TV market in the MENA region saw record growth in 2016 despite harsh economic conditions.Pay TV households topped the five million...
Ghanas largest private television broadcaster GH One has completed an upgrade of its studio and outside broadcast facilities to support Ultra HD 4K production. The solution for GH One was built around 12G-SDI...
Ibrahim Farouk presents ALTV's new prank show Khod Aqolak.Cairo-based digital platform ALTV has launched a new prank show called Khod Aqolak.The shows title comes from a...
La Chaîne Parlementaire-Assemblée nationale (LCP), the television channel of the French National Assembly, has installed Axons Cerebrum control and monitoring system as part of a major upgrade of its news...
The UAE Pro League Committee recently experimented with Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology for the Arabian Gulf Cup final between Al Ahli and Al Shabab at Al Maktoum Stadium in...
Dr Yaser Bishr, Al Jazeera Digital Division.Dr Yaser Bishr, Executive Director of Digital Media at Al Jazeera Media Network, has been appointed to Northwestern University in...
Digital media and broadcasting company VICE Media has invested in Octopus 8 Newsroom software for its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York City. Octopus 8 is being used by journalists producing...
beIN has appointed compliance and anti-piracy services provider TMG to monitor online streaming piracy on a global scale. beIN will deploy an anti-piracy strategy to counter threats to its assets and...
Rohit Talwar.Rohit Talwar, Futurist and CEO of Fast Future Research, will deliver this years CommunicAsia2017 Summit Visionary Address titled Artificial Intelligence vs. Genuine Stupidity Navigating Exponential...
Econet Medias Kwesé TV has partnered with MTN Ghana for the delivery of video content to mobile users via 4G LTE network.Subscribers of the mobile service will be able to...
The growth of cloud and industrialised services, and the decline of traditional data centre outsourcing (DCO) indicate a massive shift toward hybrid infrastructure services, according to Gartner, Inc.In a report...
Ipsos recently released a report enumerating some of the factors contributing to the growth of OTT services in the MENA region. We bring you some key findings of the report...
Outcast Season 2 will premiere on beIN.FOX will premiere Season 2 of Robert Kirkmans Outcast in the Middle East, exclusively on beIN on Monday, April 10. Airing of the...
Paul Wallis, MD, Deluxe Middle East.Paul Wallis, who recently joined Deluxe Middle East as Managing Director, and Senior Vice President of Deluxe Media Cloud, stated that...
The Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) announced a partnership with YouTube to support VIDXB 2017 during the opening press conference for the Middle East Film and Comic Con 2017...
YouTube is looking for a YouTube Space Manager for its upcoming facility in Dubai Studio City. Last December YouTube had announced that it will collaborate with Dubai Studio City to...
Disney is scouting for actors in the UAE for lead roles for the live action version of the animated film Aladdin. The musical to be directed by Guy Ritchie just...
Since its launch in more than 190 countries last January, Netflix has substantially increased the scale of its localisation efforts, offering content in a number of languages. The streaming giant presently offers...
The Worthy feature film from Image Nation Abu Dhabi has been released in the Video on Demand (VOD) format and is now available on du, Etisalat, Ooredoo (Qatar and Oman), iTunes and...
Data Centre company Equinix Inc. has announced that it will be significantly expanding the availability of the Equinix Cloud Exchange, bringing it to three new markets including Dublin, Milan and Stockholm.Bringing...
